June 4, 2008 – Philips was selected for a 33-month contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, in order to provide Premier’s 1,600 member hospitals and 51,000 additional healthcare sites with access to contracts for Philips Xcelera PACS for Cardiology and Philips iSite PACS for Radiology.

June 4, 2008 - The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to findings published in the June issue of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

June 4, 2008 – For the first time, the annual Breast Imaging Conference will host full-day, dedicated self-assessment workshops in digital mammography training and MRI: A Hands-on Experience in MRI Biopsy, as well as offer its 250 radiologists, technologists, administrators and allied healthcare professionals a full program filled with educational components, hands-on workshops and special focus sessions, Sept. 3-6, 2008, in Nashville, TN.

June 4, 2008 – The latest version of CARESTREAM Digital Dashboard that includes proactive notification for system events via email or text messaging will be available worldwide on June 19, supporting CARESTREAM RIS/PACS and CARESTREAM Information Management Solutions while reportedly offering system administrators a way to monitor equipment performance, storage utilization and user volumes from virtually anywhere.

June 3, 2008 – Acceleware’s AxRecon image reconstruction solution for micro-computed tomography (CT) was adopted by Eli Lilly, in hopes of speeding up image reconstruction times used in the pharmaceutical development process.

Acceleware’s AxRecon works as a turn-key solution with a low cost of operation that fits into the current CT scanner workflow, reportedly generating fully reconstructed, quality images completed hours sooner than before.

June 3, 2008 – Outpatient imaging center owners and executives to discuss the ever-changing imaging landscape at the3rd Annual GE Healthcare Outpatient Imaging Center Conference in Washington D.C. from July 23-25.

The conference features several breakdown sessions addressing a variety of topics, including how to leverage design for improved imaging performance, how to improve women’s health services and how to think long term in an industry experiencing a constant state of flux.

For more information: www.gehealthcare.com

June 3, 2008 – Sunnex has contracted with Attainia, an online planning system for hospital architects, administrators and medical facility designers, an agreement designed to provide access to all Sunnex lighting products in the largest digital medical equipment catalog for capital equipment and facility planning.

Attainia applications aim to enhance the budgeting, planning and tracking of medical equipment within the healthcare setting.

For more information: www.sunnex.com, www.attainia.com

June 3, 2008 – Imaging Dynamics Co. (IDC) said it has been ranked as Canada’s sixth fastest growing company in the 20th annual PROFIT 100 by PROFIT Magazine.

PROFIT Magazine, which provides and annual ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies based on revenue growth over a five-year period, selected IDC as one of the country’s most successful growth companies. The list was published in the June issue of PROFIT and online at PROFIT100.com.

June 3, 2008 – Nucletron said the FDA cleared its Oncentra Brachy, a comprehensive volume-based treatment planning solution designed to optimize cancer treatment planning with brachytherapy.

June 3, 2008 - The joimax company in Karlsruhe, Germany, is reportedly the first company to have developed specialized instrumentations for the treatment of spinal canal stenosis.

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